The spread of bad ads is pretty bad in general, but since 2017— throughout the security software industry — cryptojacking has been known as the Evil Overlord (most menacing and most prevalent) of all cyber threats. Hackers looking to get rich quick from mining cryptocurrency illegally are the culprits, and…
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There are plenty problems to be solved in the ad operations world, including issues like IVT, bad ads, malware, and much, much more. So at every Publisher Forum, we bring together all of the noobs (yes, I meant first-time attendees), put them into small workgroups, and open the gates for…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 15, 2018 The Unsung Heroes of the Advertising and Media World Professor Bob Pearson, former Chief Innovation Officer at W2O Group and current Senior Advisor, kicked off the Publisher Forum in Austin last week with a comprehensive keynote detailing the concepts of Storytizing—moving beyond campaigns to true…
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Mobile consumers are hungry for relevant, nonintrusive moments on their devices. Knowing the right questions to ask your location-technology partner about their playbook is vital to ensuring you'll successfully reach them at the right place, right time -- with the right approach by tapping into customer behaviors and habits with…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 1, 2018 Amazon’s Search Retargeting Sounds Like a Big ‘Ol Data Party We're not going to call it a Duopoly for much longer. Amazon is further asserting its place among the rulers of ad tech by offering advertisers search-based retargeting on third-party sites, which is both a…
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We're not going to call it a Duopoly for much longer. Amazon is further asserting its place among the rulers of ad tech by offering advertisers search-based retargeting on third-party sites, which is both a boon to advertisers and publishers. We probably should brand the three-headed beast ruling digital advertising…
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Worried that mobile traffic's rise will decrease desktop revenue? It just might, but there are definitely loads of opportunities -- like working with news aggregators and social networks -- to make up for the loss while meeting your audience on their mobile-first journey.
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Were you worried that blockchain was all hat and no cattle? Look again—the decentralized ledger is disrupting the payments landscape while also overhauling reconciliation. At the same time, Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson points out a huge (but surmountable) challenge: speed.
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Our new Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson dives into the "Principles for a Better Programmatic Marketplace," an open letter to the industry from six exchanges that seems to grant programmatic buyers all their transparency wishes—fee transparency, no hidden auction machinations, traffic filtered for IVT... We're surprised they didn't throw a…
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Last week's news that AppNexus was "no longer participating" in the Advertising ID Consortium resulted in a lot of speculation that the group of shared-ID proponents were finished and universal IDs were doomed. Well, there's life left in the old girl yet—sources tell us that while AppNexus has foregone its…
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